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PHOTOS: Night of Champions

Team DC holds annual awards ceremony on Saturday

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3 years ago

April 16, 2023

Team DC's 2023 Night of Champions awards dinner is held at the Hilton National Mall Hotel on Saturday, April 15. (Washington Blade photo by Michael Key)

The umbrella LGBTQ sports organization Team DC held its annual Night of Champions awards ceremony at the Hilton National Mall Hotel on Saturday, April 15. Scholarships were presented to seven out LGBTQ area high school student athletes. The 2023 Clark Ray Horizon Award was presented to Tia Clemmons of Jackson-Reed High School. Other awardees included Steve Frable, Nikki Kasparek, Aron Hinson, Rhonda Jackson and Tony Mace.

(Washington Blade photos by Michael Key)

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PHOTOS: ‘No Kings’ rally and march

Demonstrators in Anacostia join nationwide protests

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Demonstrators in a "No Kings" protest march toward the Frederick Douglass Bridge in Washington, D.C. on Saturday, March 28. (Washington Blade photo by Michael Key)

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